Tourism rebounded from 2009 when a weak economy kept many people from traveling. About 10.84 million people came to the Fort Lauderdale area in 2010, a total projected to advance to 11 million this year.

“Given the realities of the economy over the past year, these are very impressive figures,” said visitors bureau president Nicki Grossman.

Domestic visitors rose an estimated 2.7 percent. Canadian visitors increased by 3.6 percent and Latin America by 2.6 percent, including a doubling of arrivals from Brazil, which is now Fort Lauderdale’s second largest foreign market.